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- 08 October 2010
  10:24
- Participants of World Congress of the Catholic Press discuss differences in Catholic and secular press The Ukrainian delegation is taking an active part in the World Congress of the Catholic Press, which takes place in Rome from October 4 to 7, 2010. The Ukrainian delegation’s suggestion that both the church and secular mass media are needed for spreading the Gospel was added to the final resolution. For this the church needs to conduct special work with...
- 08 October 2010
  10:22
- Pope Benedict XVI appoints Patriarch Lubomyr and Bishop Bohdan (Dzyurakh) to participate in the Synod of Bishops of Catholic Church On October 5, 2010, the list of members of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church, which is to take place in the Vatican on October 10-24, 2010, was published.
- 08 October 2010
  10:21
- Lectures begin at the School of Noble Ukrainians On September 30, the program “The Body is a Church of the Holy Spirit” began at the School of Noble Ukrainians, which is working with the Kyiv-Halych Catechetical Commission of the UGCC. The purpose of the program is to educate the Ukrainian girls to be spiritual, conscious citizens, and leaders, who will be able to foster Christian values in the family and in...
- 08 October 2010
  10:19
- Ukrainian Catholics of France celebrate fiftieth anniversary of Apostolic Exarchate of the UGCC On October 2-3, 2010, in Paris, Ukrainian Catholics celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainian Catholics of France.
- 08 October 2010
  10:18
- Ukrainian Greek Catholics attend World Congress of the Catholic Press Hundreds of journalists (about 300 participants from 85 countries) have gathered in Rome for the World Congress of the Catholic Press, which is taking place from October 4-7, 2010. Representing the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church are by the head of the Information Department of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Fr. Ihor Yatsiv and journalist...
- 08 October 2010
  10:16
- Representative of the UGCC participates in plenary session of Council of Bishop’s Conferences of Europe From September 30 to October 3, 2010, in Zagreb, Croatia, an annual plenary session of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae-CCEE) was held. On behalf of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and on the instruction of its head Patriarch Lubomyr, the session was attended by...
- 08 October 2010
  10:13
- Summer progress on the building of the Patriarchal Cathedral The director general of the building administration of the Patriarchate of the UGCC Fr. Petro Fedyuk reported that during the summer work was started on the façade of the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. “We are planning to complete all the work on the facade in October. Plastering has also begun in the cathedral,” said Father...
- 08 October 2010
  10:08
- Eparch of Kolomyja-Chernivtsi visited Ukrainian immigrants in Italy From September 24 to 27 the Bishop Mykolay (Simkaylo), Eparch of Kolomyja-Chernivtsi, visited Italy, where learned about the affairs and difficulties of Ukrainian immigrants. On the his visit the bishop visited the city of Novara and met with a local bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Renato Corti....
- 08 October 2010
  10:07
- Ecumenical Social Week in Lviv On October 4-10, 2010, the Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Ukrainian Catholic University together with the Lviv City Council, the Lviv Regional State Administration, the Regional Council, and the Lviv Polytechnic University will conduct the third Lviv Ecumenical Social Week "Trust, Responsibility, Philanthropy."...
- 08 October 2010
  10:05
- Council of Laity held in Lutsk Exarchate On September 26 the Council of Laity took place in the Lutsk Exarchate. The event began with the solemn Divine Liturgy, which was led by Bishop Josaphat (Govera), Exarch of Lutsk, who was joined not only by the clergy of Volhyn and Rivne regions but also by representatives of all parishes.
- 08 October 2010
  10:04
- Archbishop of Barcelona Lluís Sistach received representatives of Ukrainian clergy in Barcelona On September 27, 2010, Archbishop of Barcelona Lluís Sistach received the representatives of the local community of the UGCC: Fr. Joseph Kazanova, deacon Roman Shymon, seminarians Roman Ostapyuk and Yuriy Stasyuk, and monks Augustine Khomyn and Justin Boyko.
- 08 October 2010
  10:03
- First deacon ordination of UGCC held in Spain On September 24, 2010, in Barcelona the first seminarian of the UGCC in Spain was ordained as a deacon. The new deacon, Roman Shymon, who during the last two years completed his studies at the Seminary of Barcelona, will minister Ukrainian immigrants the region.
- 08 October 2010
  10:02
- Priests of UGCC and UOC Blessed Cross in Memory of Afghan Soldiers On the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, on September 27, on Lysa Hill in Lviv, priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the UGCC blessed a new cross. The 5-meter tall cross was erected in memory of soldiers who fought in Afghanistan. In the ceremony took part soldiers who fought in Afghanistan (1979-1989) and representatives of the Lviv regional...
- 08 October 2010
  10:00
- Mayor of Wroclaw: Universities of Wroclaw interested in cooperating with UCU “Educational institutions must be ready to take new directions in educational preparation that will improve the economy and raise the quality of life of the society. Not only knowledge and experience are important, but also a set of values that a student will reproduce in business,” said the mayor of Wroclaw Rafal Dutkiewicz during his visit to UCU on...
- 08 October 2010
  09:59
- Fr. Mikhail Harvat: Catechists are people of deep self-sacrifice “The catechist plays an important role in the process of catechization. Because the content of activities has to be interesting and change together with the child who grows, forms, develops,” said the newly appointed head of the Metropolitan Catechetical Commission of the UGCC Fr. Mikhail Harvat.

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We can imagine what the prayer of the prisoners in the Russian torture centers in the Ukrainian Kharkiv region was like – Head of the UGCC on the 206th day of the war 17 September

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